Microsoft eliminates Apple

[elei]

Courtesy of http://www.newscientist.com/article....mg18725112.800

Microsoft eliminates Apple

YOU can make some surprising discoveries by comparing the satellite photos displayed by Microsoft's MSN Virtual Earth with those available on Google's maps. One such discovery, as www.theregister.co.uk has revealed, is that with its photos Microsoft has succeeded in eliminating Apple.

Compare what can be seen on Google and MSN's maps at One Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California. Google's image rightly shows the extensive, gleaming corporate headquarters of Apple Computer. But Microsoft shows an old building, a parking lot and plenty of vacant land.

What could explain this? A clue is given by the fact that when we looked, Microsoft's map was also showing the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, offering directions how to get there and even giving a telephone number for the 68th floor.

Yes, folks. Microsoft's photos are several years older than those of Google, and a lot has changed since they were taken - including the construction of Apple's Cupertino headquarters.

[Grantref]

Figures, everything they do is second rate.

[Deryk]

Google has this problem too. There have been times I've used Google's satellite picture option on its maps to look at an area and it won't be updated. It will show empty lots where there are now buildings, buildings that have been there for over 3 years.